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Sublethal effects of copper nanoparticles on the histology of gill, liver and kidney of the Caspian roach, Rutilus rutilus caspicus.Global Journal of Environmental Science and ManagementThe current study has determined the toxicity effects of copper nanoparticles on the some vital organs such as gill, liver and kidney of Caspian Roach; Rutillus rutillus caspicus. For this purpose, 120 fishes were used as experimental samples and exposed to 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 mg/L of Cu nanoparticles for 21 days, and 30 fishes assumed as the experiment control. The mean water temperature of the aquaria was 22±2 ºC, dissolved oxygen 5.2 mg/L, pH at 7±0.004 and the concentration of calcium carbonate was 270 ppm. On 7, 14 and 21 days after exposing the fishes to copper nanoparticles, three fishes were randomly selected from each aquaria, sacrificed and samples from their gill, liver and kidney were taken and fixed in cold 10 % buffered formalin. Then microscopic sections were prepared and examined by light microscope which showed histological alternations in the gill, liver and kidney tissues. Evaluation of these changes could be useful in estimating the harmful effects of copper nanoparticles. Histological alternation in gills included: hyperplasia, fusion and detachment of secondary lamellae, blood congestion in vascular axis of primary filaments, reduced secondary lamellae length and cellular degeneration. Histological changes in liver included blood congestion in the central veins, cytoplasmic vacuolation of the hepatocytes, cellular degeneration and congestion in the blood sinusoids and necrosis of the hepatocytes. Histological changes in kidneys included glomerular shrinkage, severe degeneration in the tubules cells, interstitial tissue and glomerulus, increase in interstitial tissue cells and macrophages aggregation. The degree of damages was more intensive at higher copper nanoparticles concentrations. The result of the study showed that copper nanoparticles could cause severe damages in the vital tissues of Caspian roach; Rutillus rutillus caspicus and have lethal effects for fish.
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Tehranish Household Preference of Farmed Fish ConsumptionResearch Journal of Fisheries and HydrobiologyDuring the year of 2008, 295 households of Tehran were asked to fill the questionnaire, in order to know their attitude toward farmed fishes. After evaluation and reviewing the descriptive statistics and analyzing the non-parametric data, answering to Hypothesis test in order to know the different point of views among fish price, taste, losses, non-pollution of wild fishes and farmed fishes, and effects of these parameters on purchasing, was done. As average, each households (4 people), purchase farmed-fish, 11 times per year (5.1 kg in each time in proportion of 33.2%), which fish per capita will be 5.8 kg 59% of consumers are interest in fish packing, and printing the nutrition facts on it is the highest priority, and the highest demand is for trout fish (with 60% demand).The most important factor in increasing the farmed fish consumption, is live fish selling, and decreasing the price in comparison with wild fish. Quality and freshness have the highest influence in purchasing farmed fish.
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Production and Supply of Rainbow Trout in Iran and the WorldWorld Journal of Fish and Marine SciencesRainbow trout, is the endemic fish of North America, which is a successful farmed species, has been worldwide by transferring eyed eggs to all over the world. Nowadays, the portion of 25% of total production of farmed Salmonidae (2.3 million) belongs to this species and affects the important portion of world food security, consumption dissemination and increasing the fish consumption per capita in the world. Although it is not in the range of highest consumption, but 69 countries in the world culture it. The USA as the homeland of this species, beside Chile and Norway, Iran has spread the farming of this species of fish. This article reviews the farming of this fish in the most important countries of the world and also Iran. Iran during the past 18 years has approached 32 % production growth and 9 % production increase per plane unit and the farming area has been reached 230 hectares since 1960. For the time being, the value of transaction of this type of fish in the frozen, fresh and live fish has been reached one billion dollars and in Iran the increase of consumption is because of live-selling of this fish.